Abstract: The present document describes a composition and pharmaceutical composition comprising gelatin derived from a cold-adapted aquatic species, chitosan, agarose and glycerol. Further, the present document discusses a process for manufacturing a biomaterial which comprises gelatin derived from a cold-adapted aquatic species, chitosan, agarose and glycerol. The biomaterial obtained or obtainable through the process is also described. Also, the present document describes a kit which comprises: gelatin derived from a cold-adapted aquatic species, chitosan, agarose, and glycerol. Lastly, the use of the composition, pharmaceutical composition, biomaterial or kit for the production of scaffolds, dressings, beads, engineered tissues, devices or micro-devices suitable for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes or the use of the composition, biomaterial or kit for tissue engineering are also discussed.

Abstract: The present invention refers to an Integrated Implant System constituted as a gel-matrix-cells integrated system, that allows providing implants in a brief time period, for covering a great skin extension to be treated, with a successful acceptance in patients with burns, chronic damage or wound skin, needing of a skin grafting.

Abstract: The present invention aims to generate a fibrin gel for cell proliferation and transport using the patient's own blood or compatible blood. The gel-preparation process consists in taking a quantity of blood from the patient, using sodium citrate as anticoagulant, separating off the citrated plasma by centrifugation, and resuspending the cells to be transported in the plasma. CaCl2 is added to the resulting suspension to form the gel (either as an isolated coagulate or within a porous chitosan, gelatin or hyaluronic acid matrix), and the gel is cultured in an incubator to promote cell growth. The invention will be of use in cell growth for the purposes of implantation in cutaneous, cartilaginous, gingival and bone lesions, inter alias, and in the field of tissue engineering.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method that combines the rapidity of the optoelectric signal and the simplicity of the respirometric cartridge wherein the greater accuracy of the respirometric biosensor is added to the rapidity of the optoelectric sensor, with the purpose of improving the accuracy of the measurements and the velocity of the integrated monitoring process and online control of the environmental variable of interest, removing the operative restrictions of work ranges.

Abstract: The present invention refers to an Integrated Implant System constituted as a gel-matrix-cells integrated system, that allows providing implants in a brief time period, for covering a great skin extension to be treated, with a successful acceptance in patients with burns, chronic damage or wound skin, needing of a skin grafting.

Abstract: A removable cartridge that contains an adjustable number of capsules inside of which there are adjustable masses of immobilized microorganisms, allowing the design of a simple, portable apparatus and the use of a reactor with less priming time. A circulating pump injects maintenance water into the reactor, and the used maintenance water is pumped out to a disposal location or device by the same pump. An air pump injects air into the maintenance liquid and the excess air is released through an airflow outlet. A dissolved oxygen sensor is used to take several measurements of the dissolved oxygen content of the sample water, and various formulas are used to analyze the results. Reactors of this type can be stored in cold allowing the replacement of the operating reactor easily.